Quiz English IV

 

QUIZ FOR THE STUDENTS: English (CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE)

Quiz

 

1. How many syllables are there in the word "exaggeration"
   1.   6
   2.   5
   3.   4
   4.   7
2. __________are added to the beginning or end of words so as to give rise to a derivational or inflectional form of word.
   1.   Affixes
   2.   Prefixes
   3.   Suffixes
   4.   None of the options
3. ________________are added to the beginning of words.
   1.   Affixes
   2.   Prefixes
   3.   Suffixes
   4.   None of the options
4. There is/are __________syllable/syllables in the word "coat"
   1.   One
   2.   Two
   3.   Three
   4.   None of the options
5. ____________are characterized by a shift from one vowel towards another in the same syllable.
   1.   Monophthong
   2.   Diphthong
   3.   Triphthong
   4.   None of the options
6. The word "whiteboard" is an example of:
   1.   Blending
   2.   Compounding
   3.   Coinage
   4.   Clipping
   5.   Back-formation
7. "UNICEF" is an example of:
   1.   Coinage
   2.   Hypocorism
   3.   Honorific
   4.   Clipping
   5.   Borrowing
   6.   None of the options
8. ________________ is determined by the number and length of feet in a line of poetry.
   1.   Foot
   2.   Scansion
   3.   Prosody
   4.   Meter
   5.   None of the options
   6.   Rhyme
9. In an iambic meter, the first syllable is _____________
   1.   Stressed
   2.   Rhymed
   3.   Unstressed
   4.   Strongly stressed
   5.   None of the options
10. In a trochaic meter, the second syllable is _____________
    1.   Unstressed
    2.   Stressed
    3.   Rhymed
    4.   None of the options
11. in anapestic meter, the first two syllables are:
    1.   Stressed
    2.   Unstressed
    3.   Rhymed
    4.   None of the options
12. A dactylic meter is:
    1.   Monosyllabic
    2.   Disyllabic
    3.   Trisyllabic
    4.   None of the options
13. The scientific study of word formation processes in a language is called:
    
    1.   Semantics
    2.   Morphology
    3.   Syntax
    4.   Linguistics
    5.   Pragmatics
14. The scientific study of meaning in a language is called________________
    1.   Semantics
    2.   Syntax
    3.   Morphology
    4.   Phonetics
15. The study of the language as used in a variety of contexts is called________________
    1.   Semantics
    2.   Morphology
    3.   Syntax
    4.   Pragmatics
16. There is/ are ____________long vowel/ vowels in the word "egoism"
    1.   Two
    2.   Three
    3.   Four
    4.   One
17. There are ____________phonemes in the word "wood"
    1.   Four
    2.   Two
    3.   Three
    4.   None of the options
18. The correct phonemic transcrription of the word "play" is:
    1.   pleɪ
    2.   plæ
    3.   plɑː
    4.   None of the options
19. The correct phonemic transcrription of the word "heir" is:
    1.   /eə(r)/
    2.   /ˈhaɪə(r)/
    3.   /ˈhaɪ(r)/
    4.   None of the options
20. The correct phonemic transcrription of the word "ambiguity" is:
    1.   /ˌæmbɪˈɡj əti/
    2.   /ˌæmbɪˈɡjuːəti/
    3.   /ˌæmbɪˈɡjuːti/
    4.   /ˌæmbɪˈɡəti/
    5.   None of the options
21. The word "Pleasure" is pronounced as:
    1.   /ˈpleʒə(r)/
    2.   /ˈplejə(r)/
    3.   /ˈplejə/
    4.   None of the options
22. A __________is a speech sound which obstructs the flow of air through our vocal tract during the production of speech sounds.
    1.   Pure vowel / monophthong
    2.   Diphthong
    3.   Triphthong
    4.   Consonant
23. _______________ deals with the transmission and physical properties of speech sounds.
    
    1.   Articulatory phonetics
    2.   Auditory phonetics
    3.   Acoustic phonetics
    4.   None of the options
24. _________________ is concerned with the production of speech sounds.
    1.   Semantics
    2.   Articulatory phonetics
    3.   Auditory phonetics
    4.   Pragmatics
    5.   None of the options
25. ____________phonetics is the branch of phonetics concerned with the hearing of speech sounds and
    with speech perception (through the organs of hearing i.e. "ears".)
    1.   Pragmatics
    2.   Articulatory phonetics
    3.   Acoustic phonetics
    4.   Auditory phonetics
    5.   None of the options
26. ______________deals with the ways speech sounds are organized in a particular language.
    1.   Phonology
    2.   Phonetics
    3.   Syntax
    4.   Stylistics
    5.   None of the options
27. ________refers to any of the perceptually distinct units of speech sound in a language that
    distinguishes one word from another.
    1.   Hypernym
    2.   Deixis
    3.   Morpheme
    4.   Phoneme
    5.   Affix
28. Etymologyof the term "vowel" is : Latin vocalis which means:
    1.   Respiration
    2.   Kidney
    3.   None of the options
    4.   Chair
    5.   Singing
    6.   Song
29. /ɒ/ as in 'rod' /rɒd, /u/ as in ‘actual’ /ˈæktʃuəl, /ə/ as in ‘around’ /əˈraʊnd are the examples of:
    1.   Voiceless phonemes
    2.   Diphthongs
    3.   Triphthongs
    4.   Consonants
    5.   Elision
    6.   Liaison
    7.   None of the options
30. /ɜː/ as in 'earn' /ɜːn/ is an example of a :
    1.   Consonant
    2.   Triphthong
    3.   Diphthong
    4.   None of the options
31. /v/ as in ‘van’ /væn is an example of a:
    1.   Consonant
    2.   Vowel
    3.   Affix
    4.   Prefix
    5.   None of the options
32. /w/ as in ‘wizard’ /ˈwɪzəd/ is an example of a :
    1.   Vowel
    2.   Consonant
    3.   Allophone
    4.   Diacritic mark
    5.   None of the options
33. When two words such as "cat" and "fat" , identical in form except for a contrast in one phoneme, occurring in the
    same position, are termed as :
    1.   Minimal pair
    2.   Compound
    3.   Derivation
    4.   Inflection
    5.   None of the options
    6.   Diphthong
34. Minuimum syllable is phoneme/ speech sound, having semantic quality in isolation ; it can stand alone (i.e. as a minimum syllable). For Example:
    1.   Shout
    2.   Deep
    3.   See
    4.   Err
    5.   None of the options
35. The word_______________is an example of a consonant cluster:
    1.   Seen
    2.   Sire
    3.   Ice
    4.   Theft
    5.   Give
36. The word ____________is an open syllable:
    1.   Trip
    2.   Seen
    3.   Grass
    4.   Flow
    5.   None of the options
37. The word ____________is a closed syllable
    1.   Grow
    2.   See
    3.   Cute
    4.   Toy
    5.   None of the options
38. Suffix in the word "mountaineer" carries:
    1.   Secondary stress
    2.   No stress at all
    3.   Primary stress
    4.   None of the options
39. Pyrrhic and Spondaic Meters are
    1.   Monosyllabic
    2.   Disyllabic
    3.   Trisyllabic
    4.   None of the options
40. The study of the origin of a word is known as its _____________.
    1.   Ethnography
    2.   Etymology
    3.   Anthropology
    4.   Hieroglyphics
41. Loan translation is also known as:
    1.   Claque
    2.   Calque
    3.   Back formation
    4.   Clipping
42. The word "chunnel" is an example of :
    1.   Coinage
    2.   Blending
    3.   Borrowing
    4.   Clipping
43. The word "telethon" is an example of :
    1.   Blending
    2.   Coinage
    3.   Hypocorism
    4.   Conversion
44. _________is a process, whereby, a longer word is reduced to
    a single syllable, then -y or -ie is added to its end.
    1.   Hypocorism
    2.   Clipping
    3.   Blending
    4.   Conversion
45. The word "exam" is an example of:
    
    1.   Coinage
    2.   Hypocorism
    3.   Clipping
    4.   Borrowing
46. "Donate" from "donation" is an example of________ in English:
    1.   Homograph
    2.   Clipping
    3.   Blending
    4.   Back formation
    5.   Hyponym
47. "We bottled the olive oil yesterday" . In this sentence, the word "bottled" is an example of :
    1.   Conversion
    2.   Back formation
    3.   Homograph
    4.   Synecdoche
    5.   Metonym
48. The word "vaseline" is an example of:
    1.   Hypernym
    2.   Homonym
    3.   Back formation
    4.   Coinage
49. Words based on the name of a person or a place are called ____________.
    1.   Homograph
    2.   Eponyms
    3.   Etymology
    4.   Acronyms
50. An affix that is incorporated inside another word is called: (Note: This affix is not normally used in English)
    1.   Infix
    2.   Prefix
    3.   Affix
    4.   Suffix
51. ________________ morpheme cannot stand alone ; it is attached to another form.
    1.   Bound
    2.   Free
    3.   Gerund
    4.   None of the options
52. Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are_________ morphemes.
    1.   Functional
    2.   Inflectional
    3.   Lexical
    4.   Bound
53. Conjunctions, prepositions, articles and pronouns are:
    1.   Derivational Morphemes
    2.   Bound morphemes
    3.   Functional Morphemes
    4.   None of the options
54. Prefixes and suffixes are:
    1.   Free morphemes
    2.   Lexical morphemes
    3.   Functional morphemes
    4.   Derivational morphemes
55. ________ do not produce new words , but rather indicate aspects of the grammatical function of a word in a language.
    1.   Derivational morphemes
    2.   Inflectional morphemes
    3.   Functional morphemes
    4.   Lexical morphemes
56. Two or more words that share the same superordinate term are________________
    1.   Co-hyponyms
    2.   Co-hypernyms
    3.   Co-homonyms
    4.   None of the options
57. Two or more words with the same form but different meanings are:
    1.   Homonyms
    2.   Polysemous
    3.   Homographs
    4.   Homophones
58. "The White House " is an example of:
    1.   Coinage
    2.   Metonymy
    3.   Polysemy
    4.   Eponym
59. "Me, you, him, her, us, them, that woman, those idiots" are the examples of:
    1.   Spatial Deixis
    2.   Temporal Deixis
    3.   Personal Deixis
    4.   None of the options
60. Words like " here, there, beside you, near that, above your head, etc. are the examples of:
    1.   Temporal Deixis
    2.   Personal Deixis
    3.   None of the options
    4.   Hypernyms
61. We learn in pragmatics that what a speaker (or writer) assumes is true / or known by a listener (or reader) can be described as a _______
    1.   Paraphrasing
    2.   Presupposition
    3.   Conjunction
    4.   Denotation
62. The sentence: Excuse me! Can you pass the salt please" is an example of a :
    1.   Direc speech act
    2.   Indirect speech act
    3.   Presupposition
    4.   Denotation